ViacomCBS Needs to Go All-In on All Access – and Maybe Let Pluto Drift Away
XuXu is blowing up. The streaming service now has over 24 million monthly users. And these users are accounting for 100 billion hours of video stats each month, as well... Read More
Amazon Ramps Up Originals Ad Spend Ahead Of New Competitors’ Arrivals
Amazon substantially increased advertising spending on its new original shows the first half of 2019, as it tried to pull in consumers before the arrival of several new competitors, a new report found.... Read More
Marvel Movie/TV Interconnectivity Will Be Uncharted Territory
Disney+ will be using the Marvel Cinematic Universe in an interesting way, to tie TV and movies together unlike anything we’ve seen before.... Read More
Ninja’s Leap To Mixer Scrambles Livestreaming But Don’t Cry For Twitch Just Yet
One of Twitch’s biggest stars, Ninja, surprised the livestreaming industry by jumping to rival Mixer. It could be a big deal for the burgeoning business, but Twitch isn’t going anywhere. ... Read More
Dragging TV Into A RuPaul Future With World Of Wonder’s Co-Founders
World of Wonder founders Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey have ridden hit show RuPaul’s Drag Race into a diversified TV production company with live events, retail operations, an SVOD channel, major social-media presence and more. ... Read More
Twitch Still Live-Streaming Champ Despite Growing Competition: Study
Despite YouTube’s 2 billion users and 500 hours of (recorded) video uploaded per minute, Twitch remains the heavyweight champ of livestreaming in the gaming and esports world, according to a... Read More
Unique Content Key To Looming Video-Streaming Wars
As users switch from pay TV to online services, they’ll look for unique programming to decide where they subscribe, a new study suggests. And they don’t plan to subscribe to many services either. The streaming wars could get very rough very soon. ... Read More
Why Facebook Should Have Bought Friends
Amidst the recent streaming war drama that seems to have culminated in the fight over who gets streaming access to Ross, Chandler and Joey, I had a thought: If anyone... Read More
The Last Great American TV Manufacturer: Q&A With VIZIO’s William Wang
Last week, I sat down with William Wang, the Founder and CEO of VIZIO, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of television sets. Our conversation was wide ranging, everything from... Read More
With Video Programming and Ad Targeting, Context Matters
TV[R]EV’s Alan Wolk caught up with Field Garthwaite of IRIS.TV to talk about how broadcasters and publishers across lifestyle, entertainment, news and sports are using its video programming platform to... Read More
Quibi By The Numbers: Does It Add Up To A New TV Paradigm?
Quibi’s top executives disclosed a lot of key numbers at a weekend conference, including the need for $500 million in more capital. But will they add up to a hit or a gigantic miss when the mobile-video platform launches next April?... Read More
Apple Appears Set To Move Beyond TVOD, The World Wide Web
At Apple’s WWDC, expect to see iTunes broken up, the end of TVOD, and the rise of an app-focused and integrated future for both mobile and desktop.... Read More
VidCon Names Speakers In Tenth Year Of Gathering Of The Influencer Tribes
Top execs from social-media powers YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitch, Snap and TikTok will be among those speaking at this year’s VidCon, the sprawling influencer gathering that also will feature such... Read More
Podcast: Alien’s 40th Birthday And How Tongal Helped It Celebrate
Tongal CEO James DeJulio talks on the latest Bloom in Tech podcast about creating six short films celebrating the 40th anniversary of “Alien.” ... Read More